Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["henry walden" <henrywalden@lycos.com>]

Paul, It's not the garden that gets a pass, it's life. 

I just can't help but smile and giggle every time I read that closing.

That's a keeper, Merry Christmas to you and Barb. 

Ed




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Sounds like my garden mess gets a pass after all ;-) 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net 

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On 12/20/2010 at 10:28 PM henry walden wrote: 

>How reasurring is that on a philosophical note, she closes with: 
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>"Forget perfectionism! I'm not perfect. You're not perfect. The rest of 
>our lives aren't perfect. Why should our gardens be? Let's make practical 
>gardens, resilient gardens. And let's manage our resilient gardens with 
>cheerful, unapologetic selective sloppiness." 
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>Subject : [Livingontheland] Food in Uncertain Times 
>Date : Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:05:51 -0600 
>From : "Tradingpost" 
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>excerpt, very long article 
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>Food in Uncertain Times: How to Grow and Store the 5 Crops You Need to 
>Survive 
>Having food resiliency is as much about learning how to store and use food 
>properly as it is about growing it. The key is learning interdependence 
>not independence. 
>October 21, 2010 | By Makenna Goodman 
>http://www.alternet.org/food/148562/food_in_uncertain_times%3A_how_to_grow_and_store_the_5_crops_you_need_to_survive/
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>In an age of erratic weather and instability, it's increasingly important 
>to develop a greater self-reliance when it comes to food. And because of 
>this, more than ever before, farmers are developing new gardening 
>techniques that help achieve a greater resilience. Longtime gardener and 
>scientist Carol Deppe, in her new book The Resilient Gardener: Food 
>Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times, offers a wealth of unique 
>and expansive information for serious home gardeners and farmers who are 
>seeking optimistic advice. Do you want to know more about the five crops 
>you need to survive through the next thousand years? What about tips for 
>drying summer squash, for your winter soups? Ever thought of keeping ducks 
>on your land? Read on. 
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>Makenna Goodman: Many gardeners (both beginners and more serious growers) 
>come across obstacles they might not have planned for. In your new book, 
>The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain 
>Times, you talk about the need for real gardening techniques for both good 
>times and bad. What is the first step toward achieving this kind of 
>resilience? 
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>Carol Deppe: The basic issues are getting more control over our food, 
>getting lots higher quality and more delicious food, and enhancing the 
>resilience of our food supply. There are three ways to do that. The first 
>is through local buying patterns and trade. A second is through knowing 
>how to store or process food that is available locally, whether we grow it 
>ourselves or not. The third is gardening. In The Resilient Gardener, I 
>talk as much about storing and using food as growing it. I love gardening, 
>but not everyone is in a position to garden every year of their lives. 
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